In 2007, Archives & Special Collections at University of Montana's Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library acquired the literary manuscripts of Patricia Goedicke and her husband, Leonard Wallace Robinson. This digital collection features excerpts from those papers, providing insight into the writing process and careers of both authors, and includes drafts of works, journal entries, and correspondence.
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2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana
Patricia Goedicke
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave a commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live in. These materials ... Read More
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As Earth Begins to End table of contents
Patricia Goedicke
This is draft table of contents within a file of correspondence to and from Copper Canyon Press from 1998-1999. The notes on the second version of the table contain Goedicke's comments and notes to Michael Wiegers, an editor at Copper Canyon. These materials may be ... Read More
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Comments by Cal Bedient on poems by Patricia Goedicke
Patricia Goedicke
These drafts of poems by Goedicke contain comments by Bedient. These poems were part of a manuscript that would be published under the title Invisible Horses.
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Drafts of For All the Sad Rain
Patricia Goedicke
For All the Sad Rain appeared first in The Slackwater Review in 1984 before appearing as the prelude to The Wind of Our Going, published in 1985. These drafts range in date from 1978-1983.
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Drafts of This Music Has Holes in It
Patricia Goedicke
These drafts, ordered from most recent to oldest, reflect the many changes to Goedicke's meditation on presenence and absence, sound and silence. Based on the notes at the top of each draft, the poem has been read by Sally, Sarah, and Melissa. These are most ... Read More
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Email from Michael Wiegers to Patricia Goedicke
Michael Wiegers
This email includes Goedicke's email to Copper Canyon publishing regarding last minute changes to her manuscript for As Earth Begins to End and Weigers' reply and general response to the manuscript.
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July 2, 1968 notebook entry
Patricia Goedicke
These handwritten drafts of "The Outer Banks" were written while Goedicke was at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. It was during this stay that Goedicke met Leonard Wallace Robinson, who she would marry in 1971.
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June 1968 notebook entry
Patricia Goedicke
In these handwritten drafts of a poem titled "The Outer Banks," one begins to see the framework of the finished poem. Gone are the overt references to specific assassinations, such as Whitman's lilacs in commemoration of Lincoln's death and the image of Robert Kennedy's funeral ... Read More
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Letter from Cal Bedient dated April 27, 1992
Calvin Bedient
In this letter Bedient comments upon a number of poems Goedicke drafted for the manuscript that would be published under the title Invisible Horses.
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Letter from Cal Bedient dated October 23, 1993
Calvin Bedient
In this letter Bedient comments upon Auditorium, a poem Goedicke drafted for the manuscript that would be published under the title Invisible Horses.
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Letter to Emilie Buchwald
Patricia Goedicke
This letter was written to Emilie Buchwald of Milkweed Press after Milkweed passed on the manuscript for As Earth Begins to End. Here, Goedicke recounts the changes in her revised manuscript. This item may be found in Box 2, Folder 11.
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Letter to Hugo from Wells College
Patricia Goedicke
Handwritten draft of Goedicke's poem "Letter to Hugo from Wells College".
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Letter to Michael Wiegers
Patricia Goedicke
This letter to Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press was written as Leonard Robinson's condition was rapidly deteriorating. The letter reflects Copper Canyon's publishing process, particular with regards to the editorial process and the publicity surrounding the work.
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Letter to Michael Wiegers and Sam Hamill
Patricia Goedicke
In this letter to Michael Wiegers and Sam Hamill Goedicke asks for feedback regarding new editions to her manuscript.
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Letter to Pat Grean, July 15, 1968
Patricia Goedicke
This is a copy of a letter Goedicke addressed to her friend Pat Grean. In it she describes her initial feelings toward Leonard Robinson, as well as her thoughts about her marriage to Victor Goedicke. The letter was written from the MacDowell Colony, where Goedicke and Robinson met.
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Letter to Sam Hamill
Patricia Goedicke
In this letter to Sam Hamill at Copper Canyon Press, officially submits her manuscript to Copper Canyon for publication. As stated in the letter, she had previously submitted the manuscript to Milkweed Press, who published her prior three books, to no success. Copper Canyon ultimately ... Read More
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Movie about the Dead Cellist
Patricia Goedicke
Drafts of The Movie about the Dead Cellist by Patricia Goedicke. This poem by Goedicke appeared in As Earth Begins to End. Some drafts in this file document comments made by the Rattlesnake Ladies' Salon, a group of female writers from Missoula that included Goedicke, ... Read More
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Notebook dated April 17, 1990
Patricia Goedicke
This extended, handwritten journal entry by Patricia Goedicke contains Goedicke's commentary on all her published poems to date, including poems that would appear in Paul Bunyan's Bearskin two years later.
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Notebook entry dated June 11, 1968
Patricia Goedicke
This handwritten entry contains drafts of two poems: "The Outer Banks" and "To a Sailor." "The Outer Banks" was published in For the Four Corners, Goedicke's second book of poems in 1976. In the prior entry, Goedicke expresses concern over the fact that her lover, ... Read More
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Notebook entry dated May 11, 1999
Patricia Goedicke
In this handwritten entry, Patricia Goedicke writes of her husband's death and reflects upon its impact on a a poem titled "Third Rail," which she continues to draft later in the entry.
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Notebook entry dated September 10, 2002
Patricia Goedicke
This handwritten entry contains the initial drafts of "This Music Has Holes in It," which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also expresses concern that the United States will initiate a war against Iraq.
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Notebook entry dated September 11, 2002
Patricia Goedicke
This handwritten entry contains the initial drafts of "This Music Has Holes in It," which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also writes about the first anniversary of September 11th and the task of revising the current ... Read More
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Notes for The Man Who Loved Beauty, Section 1
Leonard Wallace Robinson
In these early notes for The Man Who Loved Beauty, Leonard Wallace Robinson sketches the general relationship between the main character and his wife. While these notes begin in the third person, they move to the first person by page two.
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Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop
Patricia Goedicke
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the course. Appended to the ... Read More
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Patricia Goedicke, Robert Frost letter
Patricia Goedicke
This is the letter and enclosed poems Patricia Goedicke (then Patricia McKenna) sent to Robert Frost in 1952 and Frost's reply. McKenna was a student at Middlebury College when the letter was sent, and judging by the date, the letter was sent during the Breadloaf ... Read More
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Practice for opening lecture of advanced poetry writing class (ENCR 411)
Patricia Goedicke
This recording is a practice reading for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for ENCR 411, Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry. In it, Goedicke discusses her understanding of poetry, its relation to human experience, and how one might go about creating and crafting one's work. Goedicke's husband, Leonard ... Read More
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Reading notes for 2nd Wind 2000
Patricia Goedicke
These notes are for a reading by Patricia Goedicke on March 5, 2000 for the 2nd Wind Reading Series held by the University of Montana Creative Writing department in Missoula, Montana. In this reading, Goedicke reads one poem from each of her books to date ... Read More
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Reading notes for 2nd Wind 2001
Patricia Goedicke
These notes are for a reading by Patricia Goedicke on October 7, 2001 for the 2nd Wind Reading Series held by the University of Montana Creative Writing department in Missoula, Montana. The notes for this reading reflect the backdrop of the September 11 attacks just ... Read More
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Reading notes for Woodstock Poetry Fesitval 2001
Patricia Goedicke
These notes are for Patricia Goedicke's reading at the Woodstock Poetry Festival. Most of the poems Goedicke read at the festival were from Invisible Horses and As Earth Begins to End. The notes contain brief comments about these two books as well as the poems read.
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Statement of intent for As Earth Begins to End
Patricia Goedicke
This statement of intent for As Earth Begins to End was sent to Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press on February 28, 1999.
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Statement of Plans for Invisible Horses
Patricia Goedicke
A statement to Milkweed Press regarding the themes and completion of Invisible Horses, Patricia Goedicke's 11th book of poems.
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The Man Who Loved Beauty final draft 1976
Leonard Wallace Robinson
The pages featured here include the title page from Robinson's 1976 manuscript and a passage from pages 111-113 of the published novel from Harper and Row.
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University of Kansas lecture notes
Patricia Goedicke
In November of 1988, Patricia Goedicke delivered a lecture at the University of Kansas in Lawrence about the function of sound and silence in poetry. These are the handwritten notes for that lecture, which emerged from an imitation workshop she taught centering on the works ... Read More